Oil-tank protector.



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Be it hlown that I, IWoLfr Coxinha;` a citizen of the United States, residing'at Fort Worth, in thecounty of Tarrant,,.State-of Texas, have invented certain new 'and.use`- ful Improvements in Oil-Tank Protectors;

and ll do hereby declare the following to be aflfull; clear, and exact description of the` V invention, such as will enable others skilled lin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. .A

yThis invention relatesl to oil tank z protectors.

1 The object of the invention resides in .the

provision of a Vsimple device which may be readily associated With an Ordinary 011 tank and will protect the latter against destructionfrom lightning..

-tis well known thatit is the gas escaping from oil tanks thatis ignited by llghtning. The-object'of this invention is to provide a means for carrying away all gas- 4 that escapes from openings 'in the ta'nks and to carry the gas far enoughaway to preventr anyfignition near the tank' and a series oftanks can all be connected to the sameflpipe for carrying away the gas. The principal object is to keep all gas away from .the exterior'. of the oil tanks so that there can be nothing to cause fire.

In describing` the invention in detail reference` will be had to the accompanying' drawings wherein like'characters of refeience denote corresponding parts'in 'the several views, and in which-- Figure lis a top view of an oil tank having the inventionassociated therewth;

Fig. 2, a side view of same;

Fig. 3, a section on the line'3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4, a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings 10.indicates an oil tank having an opening 11 in thetop thereof. MountedV upon the tank and -cov-` ering the opening 11 isa box or hood A which includes arubber cover B. The box A islformed ofI an interior wood portion 12 and an exterior rubber 'portion 13. Apipe 14` is supported above the top of the tank.

inwardly ofthe edge of'the latter and has one end passed through the Wall of the hood A and then through the'portion 12 and extended downwardly through the opening 11 `into the interior ofthe tank. The terminal of this end of Ithe pipe 1.4 has seoured there- Emma' 'a ia...

Application filed January 19,1915. `Serial 1\T o. 3,160.

t a beu jf1`5' ter' zipretin'g' 'gas into' the pipe. The end of` .the .pipe .14.v remotefrom the bell 15 is directed laterally as at 16 and then carried downwardly .in spaced-relation to the. side of'the tank into the` ground and. I'connected with a suitable conduit for con'- veying theygas to'desired points. ItA will thus be seen that the pipe 1'4 is insulated -from the tank and lightning that would ordinarily strike vthe tank and destroy same will be caught by the pipe 14 and harm- .lessly conveyed to the round.

All openings about t e` upper part of an oil tank should be protected with 'the hood top '80 to heat the gasin the pipe and expand the f same so that the gaswill be driven ofl' more rapidly and thus create a suction within theV tank and thus take away the gas. more .rapidly.

The, inventam is u-Saa for ou zmks', mu; way tank cars and for protecting the lives of ivorkmen in mines'. Any opening Where 'gas 'may escape can be protected and the gas can be collectedand carried away.`` The gas canthus' be collected and used for` heatingand other purposes. What is claimed is A 1. The combination with an` oil tank having an opening in its'top, a hood of insulating material covering and hermetically seal- .ing said opening, a gas conveying pipe dis- -posed above the top of :the tank and bentconcentrically with the -latter and insulated throughout its length from saidtank, one

tank, a bell -secured'to the last named end of the pipe, and the other end of said pipe being directed laterally and then downend of sa-id pipe being carried through the hood yand extended downwardly within the wardly in spaced relation to the side of the tarcilk and embedded in the earth at its flower en 2. Means for protecting oil tanks from `lightning comprising a hood of non-conducting material for securely closing any opening about the tank'and a pi e extending from Within the tank for col ecting gas and extending out through said hood and coiled about the tank in spaced relation' the lower end thereof being embedded in the 10 earth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WOLF COHEN.

Witnesses:

W. M. MAssm, F. H. SHERWooD;

Copias ot this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressng the commissloner ot Patents,

. Washington, D. c. 

